Japanese destroyer Akishimo
Service
- as Akishimo? — 10 January 19451,958 days of the war
- Name
- Akishimo
- Builder
- Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka
- Laid down
- 3 May 1943
- Launched
- 5 December 1943
- Struck
- 10 January 1945
- Fate
- Sunk in action, 14 November 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
- Length
- 119.15 m (390.9 ft)
- Beam
- 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.75 m (12.3 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 228
Akishimo was a Yūgumo-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka on 3 May 1943. She was launched on 5 December 1943.
Her class ran to 19 ships. The class followed the Kagerō-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Akizuki-class destroyer (1942).
Displacement was 2,520 long tons. She measured 119.2 m (391 ft) long with a beam of 10.8 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 228.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,958 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 January 1945.
She was sunk on 14 November 1944, at 14°35′N 120°55′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 6 × 127 mm/50 cal dual-purpose guns, up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft cannons, up to 4 × 13.2 mm AA machine guns, 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Asashimo
- Japanese destroyer Fujinami
- Japanese destroyer Hamanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayashimo
- Japanese destroyer Kazagumo
- Japanese destroyer Kishinami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyonami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyoshimo
- Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Makinami (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Naganami
- Japanese destroyer Okinami
- Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Suzunami (1943)
- Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Tamanami
- Japanese destroyer Yūgumo (1941)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Akishimo on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Fujinagata Shipyard or Imperial Japanese Navy. — Fukui Shizuo "Fukui Shizuo collection, Japanese Naval Vessels 1869-1945", Bestsellers(Japan),1994 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons